Montana Yarder

[Rounder]

This is the cute little guy chasing me around. Two more on Friday. I'll try and add more pics here and there. -SamView attachment 187982

 

[slowp]

For a minute I feared it would be a couple of sheep hooked up to a line running through a block, or something!

 

[2dogs]

For a minute I feared it would be a couple of sheep hooked up to a line running through a block, or something!

Hey Sam is not that kinda guy. At least I don't think so.

 

[hammerlogging]

I'm all about a wood hog as long as its no closer than 2 days behind!

#### it, they can catch you, but they sure as #### ain't gonna pass ya.

 

[Gologit]

I'm all about a wood hog as long as its no closer than 2 days behind!

#### it, they can catch you, but they sure as #### ain't gonna pass ya.

Hah! They sure try to pass you. We were quite a ways ahead last week...so this week they brought in two more skidders. I think next week I'll go find a nice logging truck with a good air-conditioner. We went from mud-chains to hoot-owl in record time this year.

 

[hammerlogging]

.so this week they brought in two more skidders.

Now thats just not playing fair.

I have to get a yarder block finished before the dozer gets to above me so they don't start brushing out my cut before I get the yarder cut done below.

 

[Rounder]

Pressure, pressure. The nice thing is the fact that when we break down, we pull the needed part out of our pack, or grab the other saw out of the truck. When they break down, the shop truck has to come to the rescue. Easy to keep ahead.

 

[nw axe man]

I remember years ago when we started up in the spring the logger was pretty anxious. We were cutting on steep ground a mixed stand of fir and noble fir. They had set up straight down the hill from 3 cutters against the wishes of my father. When they were about 200 yards up the hill from the yarder and line loader one of the cutters hollered down that he had a leaner and didn't think he could hold it on the hill. They hollered back "let er go". He did. It cockeyed around the hill and took off like it had a motor on it. The whole landing crew took off and that noble fir went plumb through the cab on the line loader. Didn't have too much problem with that logger for quite a while. They just love to push it, don't they?
I agree, they can catch you but they sure can't pass you.

 

[hammerlogging]

Pressure, pressure. The nice thing is the fact that when we break down, we pull the needed part out of our pack, or grab the other saw out of the truck. When they break down, the shop truck has to come to the rescue. Easy to keep ahead.

weather can help too if there are skidders involved- we can cut in worse weather.

 

[slowp]

Pressure, pressure. The nice thing is the fact that when we break down, we pull the needed part out of our pack, or grab the other saw out of the truck. When they break down, the shop truck has to come to the rescue. Easy to keep ahead.

Not always. Sometimes the calm forester appears and suggests an alternative fix and the bad part is repaired. The chaser/yarder engineer mechanics have looks of astonishment on their faces when it works and harmony is restored to the world. :biggrinbounce2:

 

[Rounder]

My better half wanted to go to the office today, so we took a little drive. More pics of what we're up to.

Unit we're cutting on, gotta look close to see our cut line. Lots of nice leave Larch.

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Stroker, like the one Pat runsumpkin2:

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Another little yarder, they are moving some wood.

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Nothing fancy, just a little cristy block.

Happy 4th -Sam

 

[Sport Faller]

My better half wanted to go to the office today, so we took a little drive. More pics of what we're up to.

Unit we're cutting on, gotta look close to see our cut line. Lots of nice leave Larch.

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Stroker, like the one Pat runsumpkin2:

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Another little yarder, they are moving some wood.

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Nothing fancy, just a little cristy block.

Happy 4th -Sam

Nice, I can almost see Pat in there with tin snips and some Romex trying to retrofit a king-sized AC unit :jester:

 

[Metals406]

That rubber tire FMC is real similar to the LinkBelt I hooked under. And that Christy may only weigh 650 or so, but it's sure enough to knock your head off for ya.:msp_razz:

Looks like you boys are in some pine heavy country. If I wasn't such a slave to the man, I'd try and play hooky while down in ZOO town, and come out to your sale.

BTW, that's some real clean select you cut there. . . Looks parked out and ready to go again in 75 years!

 

[slowp]

A closeup of a Christie carriage.


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